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. 1992 Apr;98(4):1372–1380. doi: 10.1104/pp.98.4.1372

Inhibition of Violaxanthin Deepoxidation by Ultraviolet-B Radiation in Isolated Chloroplasts and Intact Leaves 1

Erhard E Pfündel 1, Run-Sun Pan 1, Richard A Dilley 1
PMCID: PMC1080359  PMID: 16668802

Abstract

The effect of pretreatment with ultraviolet-B (UV-B) light (280-320 nanometers) on the enzymatic conversion of the diepoxyxanthophyll violaxanthin to the epoxy-free zeaxanthin occurring in thylakoid membranes was investigated. When isolated chloroplasts of pea (Pisum sativum) were exposed to UV-B, a biologically effective fluence of 7000 joules per square meter caused about 50% inhibition of the activity of the violaxanthin deepoxidase, measured as the first order rate constant of the absorbance change at 505 nanometers. The dose requirement for the inhibition of the deepoxidase in intact leaves, however, was about 2 orders of magnitude higher. The inhibition of the rate constant was observed for both the dark deepoxidation at pH 5, and for the light-driven deepoxidation induced by the lumen acidification due to electron transport from H2O to methylviologen or due to a photosystem I partial reaction with duroquinol as the electron donor. The availability of violaxanthin was not directly affected by UV-B radiation, as shown for UV-B-treated chloroplasts by the final extent of the 505 nanometer change measured in the dark at pH 5 or by the partial photosystem I reaction. A significant decrease in the violaxanthin availability was observed when lumen acidification was caused by electron transport from H2O to methylviologen. That effect was probably caused by the wellknown UV-B inhibition of photosystem II with a subsequent decreased ability to reduce the plastoquinone pool, the redox state of which is believed to regulate the final amount of converted violaxanthin.

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